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2. Rahab - Wikipedia

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   Rahab (center) in James Tissot's The Harlot of Jericho and the Two Spies.Rahab (/ ˈ r eɪ h æ b /; [1] Hebrew: רָחָב, Modern: Raẖav, Tiberian: Rāḥāḇ, "broad", "large") was, according to the Book of Joshua, a Gentile and a Canaanite woman who resided within Jericho in the Promised Land and assisted the Israelites by hiding two men who had been sent to scout the city prior to ...

3. Rahab (term) - Wikipedia

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   Rahab (Hebrew: רַהַב, Modern: Rahav, Tiberian: Rahaḇ, "blusterer") is used in the Hebrew Bible to indicate pride or arrogance, a mystical sea monster, as an emblematic or poetic name for Egypt, [1] and for the sea. [2] Rahab (Hebrew: רָחָב‎, Rachav, "spacious place") is also one of the Hebrew words for the Abyss.

4. Matthew 1:5 - Wikipedia

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   It also mentions two women, Rahab and Ruth, both of whom are prominent Old Testament figures. [citation needed] William F. Albright and C.S. Mann note that the author of Matthew spells Rahab's name as Rachab, a departure from the Septuagint spelling Matthew usually uses. The Rachab form also appears in the works of Josephus

5. Job 26 - Wikipedia

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   God also controls the mythological forces of chaos, such as "Rahab" (verse 12b; cf. Job 9:13) and the fleeing serpent (verse 13b), in anticipation of YHWH's second speech (chapters 40–41). [18] Job knows that his knowledge of God is so little (just the "outskirts" or like a "whisper" (verse 14).

6. Salmon (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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   Lunette in the Sistine Chapel of Salmon with Boaz and Obed. Painting of Salmon by Girolamo Tessari in 1526 in Padova, Church of S Francisco. Salmon (Hebrew: שַׂלְמוֹן Śalmōn) or Salmah (שַׂלְמָה Śalmā, Greek: Σαλμών) is a person mentioned in genealogies in both the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and in the New Testament.

7. Biblical cosmology - Wikipedia

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   The cosmic sea is the home of monsters which God conquers: "By his power he stilled the sea, by his understanding he smote Rahab!" (Job 26:12f). [ 29 ] ( Rahab is an exclusively Hebrew sea-monster; others, including Leviathan and the tannin , or dragons, are found in Ugaritic texts; it is not entirely clear whether they are identical with Sea ...